Waivers might spare school districts from making up all snow days

7:16 AM,
Feb. 15, 2014

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Washington Post

As school boards puzzle through how to make up all of the instructional time lost to snow days, there could be an option more appealing than shrinking spring break or summer vacation - a state waiver.

Virginia law requires public schools to provide at least 180 days or 990 hours of instructional time. But it also allows the state Board of Education to waive the requirement if districts shut down in the aftermath of a state of emergency declared by the governor.

Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday did declare a state of emergency to spur agencies to prepare for winter storm that by Thursday had covered ...